Good Book
I have become a Nora Roberts fan and I am trying to "catch up" on her books. I like her books and enjoy the books with more than one story. I think that any Nora Roberts fan would enjoy or just anyone looking for a good beach read.
2 out of 3 stories a waste with thoroughly unsatisfying male leads; all just too short
This is a collection of three stories:
1. Risky Business: 1 star
2. Storm Warning: 1/2 star
3. The Welcoming: 2 1/2 stars
The truth is, they were all too short to be fulfilling in the suspense department; 150 pages just is not enough time to create a truly scary villain and suspense and romance at the same time. Also, the romance in "Risky Business" and especially "Storm Warning" was just really off, with two thoroughly unsatisfying male leads. Lucas in "Storm Warning" is just an absolute jerk and comes close to raping Autumn at one point, and I didn't find that romantic at all. Roberts slightly redeems herself with the last story, "The Welcoming," which had just a really sweet cast of characters and a touch of humor in it that the others were lacking. However, it still was just too short to be really fulfilling and do the storyline justice; I don't know why Roberts does these little short vignettes when they have enough storyline and meat to be full tales. Borrow it for "The Welcoming," but certainly don't spend money on this one--not up to Roberts' usual standards. I recommend Roberts' Blue Smoke or the O'Hurley series (Born O'Hurley (The Last Honest Woman / Dance to the Piper) and O'Hurley's Return: Skin DeepWithout A Trace (The O'hurleys)) for the best of Nora Roberts.
Too Harlequin for me
I liked the story and the characters, but it was just too Harlequin for me.
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